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Land
Trusts, Field Stations, and the Future
of Land Stewardship in the West
Winter/Spring
Lecture Series
April 1, 2003
Whole thinking for land
conservationists
12:00 Noon
University Union, Kaibab Room
Peter Forbes, Director
Trust for Public Land, Center for Land and People
Description of Talk:
This talk by Peter Forbes sets out a new paradigm for
land conservation: that what we are attempting to “save” is more
than land; it is our human capacity for relationship. The purpose of
conservation is to diminish the growing gap between people and the
land, and to help create a change in culture. When conservationists
speak of “saving land” what we are truly attempting to save is not
only a place, but also the human attitude and relationship with the
rest of life that exists there. Although conservationists are never
eager to admit this, land cannot be “saved” from people or in the
absence of people without first saving the values within people that
make them love and appreciate earthly life. Land can only be saved
if people carry that place in their hearts and minds. Conservation,
therefore, cannot succeed without attempting equally hard to create
a change in people’s ethics, how they live and imagine their lives.
About Peter Forbes
Peter Forbes is a photographer, writer,
farmer and conservationist. A life long student of the relationship
between land and people, Peter has worked throughout the world to
record, protect and convey the importance of a strong human
relationship with the land. Peter is an activist who, for 10 years,
led all of the land conservation undertaken by the Trust for Public
Land in New England. In 1998, Peter became TPL’s first national
fellow where he devotes himself to researching and writing about how
individual and community relationships with the land can become the
seeds for broader social change.
Series Schedule:
(click on date for more information)
January 29
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Remote Landscapes and
High Biodiversity: Field Station Management in the
Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Wade Serbrooke, Ph.D.
Director, American Museum of Natural History
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February 19
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Bringing scientists
together to solve problems: desertification and research
on the Jornada Experimental Range
Ed L. Frederickson
Research Scientist, New Mexico State University
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February 19
2:00 P.M.
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
The business of science
at a large field station: lessons from the Jornada
Experimental Range
Kris Havstad
Supervisory Scientist, New Mexico State University
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March 5
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Biological Field
Stations: An opportunity to walk the talk
Phillipe S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Administrative Director, Stanford University
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March 12
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Making the science
relevant to management and policy: lessons from the
Pacific Northwest
Art McKee
Director, Andrews Experimental Forest, The University of
Montana
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March 26
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Havasupai Room |
Land stewardship and
conservation in the Colorado Rockies: local, regional, and
global issues
John Harte
Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of
California, Berkeley
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April 1
12:00 Noon
University Union,
Kaibab Room |
Whole thinking for land
conservationists
Peter Forbes
Director, Trust for Public Land, Center for Land and
People |
All lectures are free, open to the
public, and handicap accessible.
Co-sponsored by:
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Centennial Forest
Trust for Public Lands
and the Diablo Trust
If you have questions, call David Fiss at (928) 523-7087
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